Though work for the Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge Rehabilitation
Project is less than a week away, motorists won't see any peak-hour lane restrictions
until mid-March, according to a news release from the toll bridge commission.

But the commission said the contractor expects to phase in the work in a way that will largely limit project-related lane
closures to weekday overnight hours and other off-peak periods during the first few weeks of March, according to the release.

Under the phased-in approach to travel restrictions, construction activities will largely be limited to
nights and weekends, primarily involving the installation of a massive platform
that will be suspended above the bridge's traffic lanes, the release
said.

The platform will be used throughout the spring and summer
to repaint the bridge's massive steel truss, according to the release.

This initial phase of work zone setup activity is expected
to take at least two weeks to complete, according to the release.

The project contractor will then barricade a work zone on the upstream side of the bridge's road
deck and, once in place, this construction zone will limit motorists to single
travel lanes in each direction through the Route 22 project area on a 24/7
basis for the rest of the year, the release said.

As work activities ramp up later in March, motorists should
expect additional travel impacts, the release said.